[4][5] After River City People[6] split, Maher teamed with the rave act Oceanic[7] for the single "Ignorance" after their regular singer Jorinde Williams lost her voice.
[9] A couple of years later she formed a duo with Debbi Peterson, drummer and vocalist with The Bangles, called Kindred Spirit, who released a self-titled album in 1995.
[10] Living in Nashville, Tennessee having married Ray Kennedy, producer of Steve Earle and Malcolm Holcombe, the country/folk/Americana influence on her music is noticeable.
[14] Maher also sang backing vocals on Manu Katché's album It's About Time, which was recorded at Real World Studios and featured Sting, Peter Gabriel and Pino Palladino amongst others.
[citation needed] Inspired by the community of musicians and songwriters in Nashville, Maher Kennedy began a project in Liverpool in 2019 called The Liver Girls to pursue the creation of a similar collective of women singer-songwriters in her former home city.